
The Discoveries children loved learning about the lower plant kingdom in their botany main lessons (fungi, algae, lichen and moss), so were set a project over the Easter holidays to continue using their green thumbs and find some joy with a growing project.

They were asked to plant something new and keep track of its growth and progress. It was kept very open, so that they could interpret and present it in their own way. They could plant beans, seeds, cress, veggies, or even a sapling. It could be done indoors or outdoors, with just one plant or many, or they could track the growth of an existing plant.
Ideas included:
Photograph its daily growth.
Take daily measurements of its height.
Do detailed drawings of it.
🪴Experiment with growing several plants in different places or with different conditions.
Anything else that inspired them!

After the holidays they returned with their findings and presented to the group what they did. This included posters, booklets, photo collages and of course, some plants!

